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Archives for September 2012

I wanted this home in Bernal Heights. Open house was on a Tuesday in the afternoon. I asked if I could see it over the weekend; the agent said offers were due the next day and the owner would most likely take one of them. She was right because a sale is now pending. A

Marky’s been in town and we’ve been out every night. I am so looking forward to being at home and watching the debate tonight. Here is an interesting NYTimes retrospective on the presidential debates ow.ly/e8drF. We’ve dined at Wayfare Tavern, Bar Agricole to celebrate his birthday, then Pauline’s Pizza last night. Besides gorging like pigs

Holy shit, my favorite aunt just called right now and told me she’s giving me her Birkin bag. “Because you’re the best.” OMIGOD! Going to pick it up this weekend. All I know is that it’s green, so here’s a picture from online. Here is info from Wikipedia. The Birkin bag is a handbag by

The big news is that I got sunburned hanging out at the Biergarten in Hayes Valley on Sunday. My shoulders still feel raw two days later. We got into a debate at our communal picnic table about whether or not the weather in San Francisco sucks. There were the naysayers, then there was a very

After we left the museum, we headed to the famous Toy Boat dessert place in the Richmond because I had to satisfy my daily ice-cream craving. It really is getting out of hand. This is why I don’t allow us to buy anything sweet when we go grocery shopping. As soon as it’s in the

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